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Open Letter to Miami Senators
Summary (please read proposed resolutions at end of letter): It’s in everyone’s interest to have more continuing faculty at Miami. But if we abolish the TCPL cap without enacting protections for our teacher-scholar model, we’ll fail to prevent further increases in contingent faculty and we’ll enable further declines in tenure lines. Dear Senators: On Monday, you’ll…
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Alums and parents weigh in on Ibogagate
Here is a short selection of the comments made by alumni and parents on the petition AAUP recently submitted in support of the faculty at risk of being fired in the iboga plant controversy (and in hopes of rehiring the conservatory manager who has already departed). Find out more about the controversy on our In…
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Reporting Arrests Policy: Update & Next Steps
Thanks to your efforts and the fantastic turnout that we had for the Faculty Assembly meeting September 10, the University’s “Reporting Arrests” policy has been put on hold again and sent back to Senate. This is the first time in recent memory, if ever, that the Faculty Assembly has taken a meaningful action to protect the…
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“Ibogagate” Petition Sent — Over 2,300 Signatures!
Yesterday, AAUP Miami submitted a petition asking Miami leadership to reconsider an extraordinary plan to fire two faculty members over their association with an unusual and valuable plant growing in the Conservatory. AAUP’s petition, sent in advance of a faculty hearing on the issue scheduled for late September, also asks for the rehiring of the…
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“Spyami?” More Reasons to Send Back the Reporting Arrests Policy
Colleagues, here are even more reasons for concern about the Reporting Arrests policy. The letter below is from our colleague Daniel Hall, a former dean on the Hamilton campus and a professor of political science specializing in law. Read on and be at Faculty Assembly Tuesday at 4:15 in Shriver Auditorium! Spyami? On April 22,…
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Biologists from across the world support Miami faculty at risk of termination
Biologists from across the country and beyond have signed our petition in support of the tenured faculty recommended for termination by Miami’s administration (and of the conservatory manager who has already been forced out). They find the administration’s actions greatly concerning. Please read their comments—only a small selection of the hundreds of comments on our…
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American Botanical Society weighs in to support faculty at risk of termination
The American Botanical Society joins the American Anthropological Association and over 2,000 signers of our petition in support of the faculty at risk of termination and the conservatory manage who was been forced to resign. Read their letter to Miami administration. Here’s an excerpt: “To attempt to terminate someone who has devoted his career to…
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Come Out September 10! Stop Dangerous “Reporting Arrests” Policy
Miami colleagues: If you usually give Faculty Assembly a miss, please reconsider for the one coming up September 10 (4:15pm, Shriver Admissions Auditorium). Together—if enough of us turn up—we can stop a new Miami policy that creates significant risks for employees. Miami Senate approved the oppressive new “Reporting Arrests” policy without being given time to…